Chinese

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ten thousand
simp. and trad.
(十千)

Etymology

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Calque of English ten thousand.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (14)
Final () (141) (85)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter dzyip tshen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiɪp̚/ /t͡sʰen/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑip̚/ /t͡sʰen/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjep̚/ /t͡sʰɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑip̚/ /t͡sʰɛn/
Li
Rong
/ʑiəp̚/ /t͡sʰen/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭĕp̚/ /t͡sʰien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯əp̚/ /t͡sʰien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shí qiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sap6 cin1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shí qiān
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyip › ‹ tshen ›
Old
Chinese
/*t.[ɡ]əp/ /*s.n̥ˁi[ŋ]/
English ten thousand

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11452 10792
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡjub/ /*sn̥ʰiːn/
Notes

Numeral

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十千

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) ten thousand
  2. (literary) numerous; very many

Synonyms

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See also

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Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
Normal
(小寫小写)
, , , , ,
十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)
百萬百万,
(Philippines),
面桶 (Philippines)
亿 (Taiwan)
萬億万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial
(大寫大写)